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TEIBE. GLEICHENINE2E. 

 GLEICHEMA. (See Ferns of Southern Inciia ; p. 25.) 



vtLEICHENIA GIG ANTE 4 (Wall.) primary pinnae opposite oblong acuminate, its rachis above with a slightly elevated 

 very obtuse margin, secondary lanceolate acuminate alternate deeply pinnatifid, segments oval, oblong, very obtuse entire with an elevated 

 crest at the base above forming an interrupted marginal line to the rachis which beneath as well as the costa is woolly, scarcely 

 glaucous, capsules 3-5. — Hook Sp. Fit. 1-5 Wall. Cat. n. 157, — Hicriopteris speciosa, Presl, ; Mesosorus giganteus, HassM. ; Mertensai 

 gigantea, Wall. Hb. 



The specimen figured is from Sikkim (Thomson.) 



Hab. Assam, Nepaul Bhotan ? Sikkim, Khasya, China, Fokien, Java. 



PLATE No. XXX. 



